The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-23

TnE REEVES MURDERERs
laid % have been caught IN Tenn
essseo. i
Recently safe was blown q Tomp-l
kinsviile, Ky. : house set ON DIRE, and d
arge amount Of vsIuabIes stoIen. The
msrshal of the town tracked tho rascsls
10 Knoxville. Tenn, and upon occurring
Iheir arrest, it 10 ssid two Of them
we're found 10 b John and George|
Reeves. who killed deputy sherifIi Gard
ner and Cox. near jasper, two years ago.
lart June. and who have since been fu-.
giiives from justice. Sheriff Schnei-
der WAS selegraphed by the chief
Of police Of Terre Hsuse, where the men
we're known, and immediately left Tor
Knoxville. hut got there two hours after
The prisoners had been taken 10 Ken
lucky. The chief Of police OF Terrel
Iisuis wss in Jssper on Saturday last,
the necessary papers upon
which to procure . requisition from the
Governor for them. Although they have
been given 10 the Kentucky officers II
may Be- possible they will yet Be brought
here 70 answer the charge Of murder.
Sheriff Schneider had talk with old
Mrs. Reeves, In which she claimed that
the Reeves men killed Gardner and Cox
IN self deiense. George Reeves was 20
ing under the name Of Clark, end John
OF Thompson. They proposed thst they
would rather come TO Dubois county
aud be tried for The murder than to 20
taken 10 ThompkinsviIIe. o. they were
afraid of being lynched there. George
Reeves telegraphed from Knoxville. aft-
|er he was arrested, TO oficer Vsndiver
|of Terrs Haute, to come and get them.
Two OF the others arrested were young
|er brothers of George and John. Sher-
la Schneider got back Monday.
The Louisville Tinses has the following
lin regard 10 the arrest. by which IL will
|be seen they did not give their correct
Inames:
II % now established beyond . doubt
THAT the i've men recently captured q
Knoxville. Tenn, are the perpetrators 0i
The TompkimsviiIe outrages. A requisi'
Ition has been secured from Gov. Buck.
luer. and Il will be taken to 70 Nashville
lto-nisht bv Narshal Hunter for the sig
mature OF Tennessee Chief Executive.
Marshal Hunter has been quietly
working up the csse, and has discovered
where the powder was bought will
which Nelson Bros. safe IVES blown, ha
had the men identified BY people whs
saw them about TompkinsviIle the d.!
beiore the robbery, md the herses upOl
| y hich they rode away have been found
/ when confronted with ~ this damagini
Ievidence The men admitted that they bal
been in TompkinsvilIe, but denied hav
ling robbed The safe.
\ Marshal Hunter has had the hous
Ithey occupied st Knoxville searched
lfrom cellar 10 sarrel, but no trace Of III
Ioi9.OOO worth 81 bonds belonging 10 Mr
lW. Il. Cisxebrook can be discovered
They gave their names ~ w. III. Clark
IG. w. Clark. N. w. IIudson. }. 4
lThompson. and one refused to tell WHIT
lhs was. Que Of them Il said 10 BE- vii
Iliam Hudson. young man welI-knows
iu this city. He q one time ran shoot
on Market street, and bat
lmany times been confined In the county
ljaiI here on various charges. He fire
|Quented the Paradise saloon. and VA
known q : ssskir," Who conducted "
lriOus games Of chance q the fairs ans
lpublic gatherings al over the State.
j u 10 also thought that these men or
1.-THE same parties who blew two safes .
New Haven July 5. one q SpireingioI
June ~ another q Canton July Is. b.
which they secured 5000. and one Il
L0uisville last Augnst. that Of l. Strauss
Ion Market. below Fourth street. To |
Times reporter this morning Narsha
Hunter stated be wss sure they made I
Irregular business Of travelling through
the state and robbing email stores in th'
country towns. Their operations, b.
thinks, will be stopped for : long time
- there IL no doubt thAt each will get |
Ilong term at Frankfort.